Located in Shallow Brook Estates, a distinctive enclave of luxury homes in Tewksbury, this impressive French Country manor is situated on over three professionally landscaped acres on a peaceful cul de sac. Finished in a handsome mix of stone and stucco capped by a wood shingle roof, the classic architecture comes into view from a boxwood-lined circular drive marked by lighted stone pillars. Inside, an elegant seventeen-room floor plan offers 6,649-square-feet, with six bedrooms, seven full baths, powder room plus a 2,189 square foot finished, daylight walk-out lower level totaling 8,838 square feet of luxury living space.. Outdoor amenities include a resort-style heated gunite pool, stone-walled terrace, covered and open porches, bluestone patios, barbecue grill, fire pit and shade pergola, all overlooking views of the manicured open, level and wooded grounds.
Highlights of the dazzling interior include oak hardwood floors, classic crown moldings, intricate millwork, floor-to-ceiling windows, five masonry fireplaces, multiple sets of French doors, a wet bar and high ceilings. Introducing the sun-splashed interior is a soaring two-story foyer with a curved staircase edged in scrolled ironwork banisters and sight lines into some of the primary gathering areas. A curved wall anteroom in the foyer leads to an elegant formal powder room.
A focal point of the majestic living room is a masonry fireplace, while coffered ceilings, Venetian plaster walls, where oversized windows and French doors revealing outdoor entertaining spaces are also featured. In the expansive dining room, design elements include crown moldings, wainscoting and a floor-to-ceiling picture window. Privately sited away from the public rooms is a cherry paneled library with windows and a charming window seat. A sunny atrium-style hall fitted with slate floors offers French doors to the French kitchen gardens brimming with seasonal vegetables and herbs.
Renovated in 2013, the chef’s center island kitchen is a state-of-the-art culinary masterwork featuring marble countertops, custom dark wood cabinets, subway tile backsplash, state-of-art stainless steel appliances and an adjacent butler’s pantry. The inviting breakfast room presents a stone-walled fireplace, rear staircase and French doors to the deck. Continuing the open flow is a spectacular great room set under beamed cathedral ceilings. This convivial space showcases a floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace, arched windows and French doors to the deck or porch. A first floor guest bedroom suite connects to a full bath. Completing this level is a fully equipped laundry room with shelving and tile floors.
Upstairs, a luxuriously oversized master bedroom adjoins a fireside master sitting room with two walk-in closets. The spa-inspired master bath features a jetted soaking tub, clear glass door shower and two sink vanities. Four additional, en-suite bedrooms each connect to a newly remodeled full bath. One of the bedrooms offers a sitting room, while an expansive gathering room and a second laundry room finish the second story.
There is an additional 2,189 square feet of well-designed living space in the walkout, daylight lower level. Showcasing the same close attention to detail as the rest of this gracious home, this level is arranged with a fireside recreation room, built-in cherry wood bar, billiards room, media room, exercise room with French doors to the backyard, a full bath, built-in electronic sauna and storage room.
Mechanical systems include multiple zones of forced hot air heating and central air conditioning, both with electronic air filters, a built-in 21Kw generator, central vacuum, stereo system, home security system, underground lawn sprinkler system, well water, new six-bedroom septic system upgraded in 2019 and underground utilities. Originally built in 2002 and extensively updated in 2018, this Shallow Brook Estates residence displays pride of ownership.
Located Tewksbury Township, an area renowned for elegant residences and horse farms, this premier home is near fine dining and shopping, excellent schools and outstanding sporting facilities. Students attend Voorhees High School, named a National Blue Ribbon School by the Department of Education in 2015. This delightfully bucolic township is approximately an hour from Manhattan or Philadelphia by car, and about a 45-minute drive from Newark Liberty International Airport.
